richard

Day 21 lol wish i was 21 and know than what i know now about smoking. But thats the past.Just want to feel like maybe 51 or 61 lol. But nope ciggies your not getting me today.

Today not bad. But its early lol. I am just trying to get off these dam pills. I think alot of my anxiety was from the smoking or should i say trying to quit smoking. Only started taking the xanax about 2 years ago. Had to go for some heavy duty reconstructive surgery and my dad was also put in the hospitol with a rare disease that slowly kills you over time that isnt cancer.So all this stuff gave me anxiety attacks. They couldnt get my bp down for the surgery. I convinced the doctors that it isnt bp meds i needed but something for the anxiety. They finally gave me the xanax or alprazolam as its called now. Well i took it twice a day for a long time. Than the opiod scare come in and they tried to cut back. It was cut in half and was torturous on me. Thats when i started to reseacrh it. This stuff is worse than the anxiety. So i cut that in half now. Take about one fourth of what i used to. So between stooping smoking and the cut back this is rough. But ill be dammed if these chemicals are going to run whats left of my life.Keep checking my bp every day and oxygen levels. Seem ok . bp will rise when aggrivated but seems to go down now faster. And the doctor did say he wants to cut back on the xanax comes in and a

thank you

thanks for the encouragement need it

thank you will do actually both they just ache from time to time no chest pain

nope not today ciggies

took the pledge ty

nope not today ciggies

thank you so much gonna do this Thanks for the info and suport and the brain fog ive always had a little lol but now wow lol

thank you will do

Hi all you non smokers i hope. 18 days in this is murder. Thought i was doing good for last 2 years with the lozengers and than the gum and than the patch with an occasional smoke or two each day. Lol who the hell was i kidding,me i guess.All that did was substitute 1 addiction for another. Now 18 days in no nicotene at all , and let me say this is hell. I am 67 and was smoking for about 50 years, so it should be hell i guess.Had a heart attack 10 years ago did that stop me ,well nooooooo. Sure i cut down but never stopped. Thought eating organic would help save me haa. So i changed my diet and started to exercise a bit but still smoked. What an asshole. Am on bystolic 5 mg and alprazolam or xanax as it is better known .25 milligrams.Started to cut myself back on both while i am stopping smoking. wow talk about foggy felling lol. Pressure has been ok but it does go up and down . Arms are achy , tired alot, do not sleep that much at night, nausous from time to time, brain fog, anxiety which i have anyway without the non smoking lol. Like i said been 18 days. Had a good day 2 days ago but not since. Not as bad as before but still bad. Very moody and have to push myself to do things which never was the case before. So anyone else feel like this

Hi i am 67 and smoke free for 18 days now. Some days very bad and some just bad lol. Had a good day the other day,thought i was turning corner. Nope just a little step forward. God i hate this. Blood pressure goes up and down,nothing dangerous though. Arms ache from time to time,and very foggy .Although the foggy isnt as bad as it used to be. Anyone else feel like this